10 Vehicles for the Apocalypse

If the end is nigh, what are you going to drive?

When the apocalypse comes, be it a viral holocaust, rampant diabetes, or a plague that wipes out coffee crops, those on a month-long camping trip atop Mt. McKinley will return to face new challenges. Who will tend the farms? Plow the driveway? Empty the septic tank? The first step will be driving to the closest Wal-Mart to forage for canned goods, batteries, ammo, and Ho Hos.

Sure, the roads will be largely deserted, but there will be telephone poles strewn about, overturned trucks, lots of burning stuff, and a finite supply of fuel. And we can't forget other survivors whose embrace of pacifism surely lies between Himmler and Genghis Khan. And although the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse only feature four horsepower, they're probably pretty quick and scary looking, so you'll want something fast. What to drive?

The best vehicle to have parked in your post-apocalyptic driveway is an M1A2 Abrams tank. You and your bestest buddies hunkered inside are protected against nuclear, biological, and chemical threats, and its thirsty 1500-horsepower turbine engine will burn pretty much anything flammable. There is little match for 138,000 pounds of charging curb weight, including buildings. If you don't live close enough to a National Guard armory to crack a hatch and drive off, however, consider these ten other vehicles, some of which are production models and some that are, well, you'll see.